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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
Because people didn't care about the accusations that much? Or maybe they weren't made aware of the accusations at the late hour? Because they felt that his position on issues was more aligned with their views?
Nah, must be "He Asian. They Asian."
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Don't be an idiot, we have enough people willing to argue with others in bad faith as it is, we don't need you adding to it. Let's not pretend racial bias doesn't exist in politics when it clearly exists virtually everywhere in society to some degree.
As Inglewood Jack said, literally any of those reasons
including race could be reasons why someone might ultimately vote for one candidate over another.
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Originally Posted by ajr4013
What does that say though that despite him being an awful councilor who actively hurt the ward (and then the accusations to boot) people still vote for him? "He conservative, I vote for him even if he's an incompetent boob"?
Entirely possible that people voted without knowing the recent allegations. However if people knew and didn't care about him being a alleged predator and still voted for him then there's something very wrong in this ward.
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It isn't fair to say racial demographics had nothing to do with it in the same way it wouldn't be fair to say it was entirely responsible for the outcome. Neither of which you said, by the way, just so that's clear. Could it have made up a 52 vote difference? Why not, I'm sure people have all sorts of things they might use as a tie-breaker.